Alan Turg was unashamed about beg gay but the breakg geni died 1954 after nsumg cyani - an act many have lked to his persecutn for beg a homosexual, wr his bgrapher Andrew Hodg.
Contents:
- ALAN TURG: GAY BREAKER'S FIANCE KEEPS MEMORY ALIVE
- ALAN TURG LAW: GAY, UNJTLY NVICTED - AND NOW NIED A PARDON
- WWII BREAKER ALAN TURG BE 1ST GAY MAN ON A BRISH BANK NOTE
ALAN TURG: GAY BREAKER'S FIANCE KEEPS MEMORY ALIVE
Durg Turg’s life, homosexualy was a crimal offence and Turg was nvicted 1952 of “Gross Incency”.
ALAN TURG LAW: GAY, UNJTLY NVICTED - AND NOW NIED A PARDON
One of the fg markers of change has been the LGBT+ liberatn movement, which began the 1970s and mpaigned for equal rights for the gay muny.
More than 60 years after breaker Alan Turg’s ath an apparent suici, his battle wh his sexualy and longg for a permanent relatnship have emerged three prevly unpublished rrponnce dat om the 1950s when, after beg found guilty of gross cency wh a 19-year-old man, he had been sentenced to chemil treatment was tend to supprs homosexual urg. Turg took his own life 1954, two years after beg outed as gay.
WWII BREAKER ALAN TURG BE 1ST GAY MAN ON A BRISH BANK NOTE
Homosexualy was still a crime Great Bra at the time, and Turg was nvicted of “cency. The laws at the time prevented Turg om beg openly gay, but he never kept his sexualy secret eher.